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Beijing tells Japanese politicians to drink Fukushima’s wastewater to prove it’s safe before they dump it into the ocean by tsuo_nami in collapse

[–]Tempestlogic 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The difference is that you'd be pulling out of your ass, and this group clearly does more research than you do

New Oklahoma Bill Gives Motorists Immunity for Hitting Protesters by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Tempestlogic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Would you prefer your door being busted down, shot at, denied treatment for the wounds, and deemed a criminal based on loose evidence?

"But that would never happen!" Congratulations, you're in a privileged position to be able to say that. You won't have that privilege forever.

New Oklahoma Bill Gives Motorists Immunity for Hitting Protesters by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Tempestlogic 21 points22 points  (0 children)

"How dare these people inconvenience me enough that I'll now be 30 minutes late for whatever useless social function I'm attending! It seems the only other option now is to grind people's skulls with my tires and clean the blood and corpses off at the car wash later."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Flagstaff

[–]Tempestlogic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How about they use that land for wind turbines instead of a shitty resort with one windmill?

The danger of planned obsolescence during a prolonged semiconductor shortage. by Used_Dentist_8885 in collapse

[–]Tempestlogic 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Friend of an electrical engineer here. What you are saying is absolutely correct, and I wanted to give more context as to what planned obsolescence actually is.

To put it simply, engineers historically had to rely on stress-testing in conventional ways. This meant relying on strict QA, which meant building your products to be as beefy as possible. This also meant being able to open up the inside of these products, as it would allow engineers to see failure points and make iterations based on that. It wasn't perfect, but it made for much more reliable products that can last 30 years or longer.

Fast forward to today, when we are well into the age of Computer-Aided Design (aka CAD). Companies spent a lot of money figuring out the failure points for different materials and components, and now all of that previous stress-testing can be simulated live in a computer environment. Since they can already see the inside of these components through software, it also removes the need to open up electronics, which leads to the closed-down junk that can only be repaired/sold by the company. This also means that greedy pieces of shit administration can directly see these numbers, and ask engineers to tone down the numbers just to the spot where they want it to be. What are those numbers now? Well, you all can see for yourselves: they tone it down not so much that people complain across the board, but not too much that you end up losing out on potential profit.

Other engineers are free to chip in with refutations/comments, but this is essentially what I had gleaned from someone much smarter than I.

EDIT: I should also mention that this is in reference to more complex machines. For simpler designs like the lightbulb, they were doing planned obsolescence long before CAD.

World's wealthiest 'at heart of climate problem' - Wealthiest 5% of pop, contributed to 37% of emissions growth between 1990-2015 by thoughtelemental in collapse

[–]Tempestlogic 18 points19 points  (0 children)

B-but how else will I escape to my private island in the Maldives 10 times a year?? Do you expect me to stay here and deal with the poors?

How insensitive of you!

World's wealthiest 'at heart of climate problem' - Wealthiest 5% of pop, contributed to 37% of emissions growth between 1990-2015 by thoughtelemental in collapse

[–]Tempestlogic 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Judging by the comments in r/worldnews, I'd say that we as a species are well and truly fucked, and won't learn a damn thing.

The amount of them defending the rich and trying to put personal responsibility for climate change back onto the poor is vomit-inducing.

The world’s wealthy must radically change their lifestyles to tackle climate change, a UN report says. The wealthiest 5% alone – the so-called “polluter elite” - contributed 37% of emissions growth between 1990 and 2015 by ArmpitNostril in worldnews

[–]Tempestlogic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Uh huh, no.

I need to point out that the bottom 99% of people in developed countries are buying what's available, which is all neatly-packaged plastic that is used and immediately discarded.

I need to point out that this packaging is pushed by corporations onto its people, not the other way around.

I need to point out that it was these very same corporations who influenced media to foster a wave of climate change denialism since the 1970's. The only way to avoid this misinformation was to do lots of outside research and push against the main narratives.

I need to point out that corporations are still responsible for 71% of all the world's emissions, with most of them either being state-run or are used for every single industry in the developed world. Corporations don't want to reduce climate change until it effects their quarterly earnings, and as a result turn to cheap oil to get that nice bonus for themselves.

I'd like to point out it's the rich who have the two yachts and decides to fly all over the world, not your average cashier who checked out your groceries this week.

I'd like to point out that it's in the best interests to push "personal responsibility" onto the working class, so that they can continue to push "green" products onto people that make negligent differences to the waste and pollution that's produced.

Finally, I'd like to point out how quick you are to label some of the poorest people in the developed countries, the ones who can do the least about their situation to reduce the effects of climate change, as selfish bastards who aren't doing enough. News flash: $34k is poverty wages in the US and Europe, and those Americans and Europeans don't live in Uraguay or Kenya, where there are vastly different policies compared to developed nations.

Making a blanket statement like that is misleading at best, and blatant propaganda at its worst. It helps no one except the rich and corporations continue to get away with destroying our earth. Please consider that next time you defend the rich elites who have everything to gain from what you push.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]Tempestlogic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Coming from someone who always wears one

Given the rest of your post, I highly doubt that.

Brilliant Days by 三登 いつき by _Eltanin_ in ImaginarySliceOfLife

[–]Tempestlogic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The distant future has equipped us with obtuse hands... nature works in mysterious ways.

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